The Fight (8 Dec. 2008)

The guys get invited to fight alongside Doug the Bartender. However, the fight doesn't go exactly how they imagined it to.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

Carter Bays (creator), Craig Thomas (creator),

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
Will Sasso	...	Doug Martin
Charlene Amoia	...	Wendy
Davis Cleveland	...	Andy
Ethan Dizon	...	Ben
Ned Rolsma	...	Marcus Eriksen
Robert Michael Ryan	...	Marvin Eriksen Jr.
Sarah Campbell	...	Esmerelda (as Sarah Michelle Campbell)
Courtney Ray Geigle	...	Guy #1 (as Courtney Geigle)
Andy Hoff	...	Guy #2
Kate Mansi	...	Amanda (as Katie Morris)

Storyline

Doug Martin, the bartender at MacLaren's, is a brutishly large, toupee wearing man. He is also slightly dimwitted and angry but who is fiercely loyal to his regulars. That fierce loyalty leads to Doug challenging a group of bar patrons to a back alley fight on Lily, Robin, Ted, Marshall and Barney's behalf, but with the implication that Ted, Barney and Marshall join him in the brawl. After thinking about it, Ted, who has never been in a bona fide fist fight, believes a fight is something he needs to do once in his life and agrees to join Doug. Barney also goes to fight once he finds out that Robin, the hockey fan, is into brawlers. Marshall, on the other hand, won't fight, stating that he's been in many a fight before with his brothers and doesn't need to prove anything. When Ted and Barney come back from the fight with black eyes but are still standing while their opponents are out cold, they are seen as heroes by the other bar patrons, except for Marshall. Ted and Barney, basking in...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 December 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Bays Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is a short flashback, Marshall and Ted are seen eating a sandwich while watching a Kung Fu-movie. This references How I Met Your Mother: How I Met Everyone Else in which older Ted replaces all references to smoking marijuana by describing that he and his friends were eating a sandwich.

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Goofs

In "The Fight" it's revealed that Marshall and his brothers use to have crazy fights. However, in "The Sweet Taste of Liberty" (1.3), Marshall says "Oh Thank God, I've never been in a fight before." in the scene where he thinks a guy is hitting on Lily.

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Quotes

Narrator: So there it is, the only time I was ever in a fight. What did I learn? For one thing, when you punch someone in the face, it hurts. A lot. But what hurts even more is this.
[Doug punches Ted]
Narrator: The next thing I knew, I was waking up.

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Connections

References Good Times (1974)

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Soundtracks

"Hey Beautiful"
Written by The Solids
Performed by The Solids

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